AP Lang Quiz 1- Vocab and Chapter 1

The listener, viewer, or reader of a text.

• audience

• persona

• logos

• text

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.

• concession

• occasion

• refutation

• text

Meanings or association that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition , or denotation. These are usually positive or negative, and they can greatly affect the author's tone.

• connotation

• context

• counterargument

• denotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.

• context

• audience

• polemic

• text

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. A strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and refutation.

• counterargument

• audience

• connotation

• refutation

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The spread of ideas and information to further a cause.

• propoganda

• pathos

• persona

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The goal the speaker wants to achieve.

• purpose

• audience

• subject

• text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.

• rhetorical appeals

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.

• rhetorical triangle

• rhetorical appeals

• rhetoric

• rhetorical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

define rhetoric?

• The sentence structure 
• The purpose of the text
• Effective or persuasive speaking or writing
• The authors attitude towards the subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5